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Job Description & Summary

PwC Global Overview
With offices in 152 countries and almost 328,000 people, we are among the leading professional services networks in the world. We help organizations and individuals create the value they are looking for, by delivering quality in Assurance, Tax and Advisory services. 

PwC Middle East Overview
Established in the region for 40 years, PwC has around 10,000 people in 12 countries across the region: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, the Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Our regional team with its tailored solutions, brings international experience, helping our clients meet the challenges and opportunities of doing business in the Middle East market, and beyond.

Line of Service Overview
Our Middle East Assurance practice includes over 2,300 people based in 12 countries across the region and is part of PwC’s global network that is operating worldwide. PwC Middle East’s Assurance practice combines the right mix of human-led and tech powered solutions to provide our clients with quality audits and other risk services that create confidence and impact in our region and across society.

PwC’s Academy is looking for a candidate for the role of Senior Project Management associate for the Riyadh office. 
The SA Project Management will be the primary point
of all course administration and operational activities including post-enrolment queries
from existing delegates and will also serve as the operational contact for Course
Managers and Programme Advisors. This person will work closely with the Course
Managers and perform a wide variety of operational activities for Professional
Qualifications (PQs) and Professional Development courses (PDs) for PwC’s
Academy in KSA (Riyadh), including execution of budgeted programmes, scheduling and updating Administrate.
PwC’s Assurance Academy is an innovative development programme that provides training and real time business opportunity to assurance professionals looking to broaden their skill set. It provides experience across a broad range of topics and creates a real community atmosphere that fosters support and learning among all its graduates.

What is expected from you? 

Your job duties will include but will not be limited to:

● Handle post enrolment delegate queries relating to administrative matters,
scheduling, materials, attendance and progress reporting of all KSA courses
● Work with the Course Managers on scheduling and timetabling, and liaising
with Operations on resourcing requests including room bookings. Ensuring
schedules and course updates are communicated to Programme Advisors
● Materials inventory management, distribution of materials to lecturers and
delegates
● Create, add and edit courses, update prices, schedule and manage events,
assign instructors, update attendance, progress and communicate events on
Administrate. Updating and maintaining Administrate to ensure validity and
completeness
● Communicating effectively with clients / customers (internal and external),
ensuring minimum response times
● Conduct feedbacks for all KSA courses, create feedback summaries and
communicate summaries to Course Managers and Customer Services team
for action plan
● Maintain delegate progress reports and communicate this to Course
Managers.
● Provide back end support to Course Managers and Programme Advisors for
Academy
● Providing support for material branding (formatting, adjusting, branding, and
printing) as per PwC’s brand guidelines

Minimum years experience required

• A business graduate with at least 3 to 6 years of course administration

• Desired academic qualifications: Bachelor of commerce

• Experience in the professional training services preferred

Additional application instruction

● Intermediate level of technical proficiency and computer literacy
particularly with Powerpoint, Word, Excel, CRMs, and LinkedIn

● Familiarity with Administrate or other CRM platforms will be a plus

What is expected from you? 

 Your job duties will include but will not be limited to:

• Adhering to compliance with the risk, quality and independence matters

• Developing internal and external relationships and reflecting PwC values on your day to day work when working in diverse teams

• Building and maintaining meaningful relationships with clients, and researching and identifying opportunities on new/existing client 

• Engaging and dealing with diverse teams from the planning through the completion phase of the audit as well as closely following up on the progress of the requested tasks to ensure meeting the timeline and the firm’s internal KPI’s. 

• Commitment to continuous education and digital upskilling 

• Performing other procedures as necessary to support issuance of the assurance deliverables

What will you bring?

You are ambitious and get use of opportunities to grow and develop. In addition, you recognise yourself in the following characteristics:

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• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills that allow you to thrive in a team environment

• Bilingual proficiency in Arabic and English (oral and written) is a plus

• Business development and client relationship building skills

• Willingness to challenge the ‘norms’ and  to create a cohesive and effective working team

• Excellent project management skills

• Knowledge in using technologies, and experience using Data Analytics tools is a plus

• Commitment to valuing differences and working alongside diverse people and perspectives

The skills we look for in future employees

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviors that help us deliver our business strategy - that make up “The PwC Professional”.

The PwC Professional framework plays a significant role in outlining the capabilities needed by our people to flourish, learn and develop together as leaders at every level. The framework exists to support the development and career progression of our people, helping them to meet the expectations of our clients, colleagues and communities in today’s changing global marketplace.

Why you’ll love working for PwC 

We’re a business that leads with the heart and we prioritize our people. Led by our value of care, we find ways to help our people, our clients and one another. With PwC, you will ignite a meaningful career and will be provided with a range of financial and non-financial rewards and benefits designed to encourage your growth, like:

• A competitive remuneration plan in which you will be rewarded for your success and acknowledged for the value you provide to our company .

• We encourage an inclusive and diverse culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. This makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. 

• A flexible workframe to encourage work-life balance. 

• We care about our employees' mental health and well-being by providing specialists to offer advice, as well as meditation, yoga, and other relaxation online sessions.

• Limitless opportunities for continuous learning and digital upskilling.

• A friendly atmosphere that encourages innovative mindsets, relationships development, and assisting others in growing and working in ways that bring out their best.

• A competitive Schooling allowance and insurance packages (As per PwC policy).

To learn more about our new equation that built this culture please visit this link.

If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer.

Learn more about “Life at PwC ME” through this link.  

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